What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(.19) On January 19, 1999, at 0326 Alaska standard time (ast), a Boeing 747-100 airplane, N481EV, sustained minor damage when a fire occurred in the number four engine while taxiing from landing at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The crew of three and the one jumpseat passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated by evergreen international airlines, inc., of mcminnville, Oregon. The flight was operated under 14 CFR part 121 as a supplemental air carrier international cargo flight. The flight departed chitose, japan, at 2159 ast, and an IFR flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological condition prevailed at the time of the incident. Interviews by the NTSB investigator-in-charge (iic) and FAA inspectors with the flight crew and airport ground personnel revealed that after landing, ground personnel observed flames coming from the number four engine and notified the airport control tower. Control tower personnel relayed this information to the cockpit crew. The crew then shut down the number four engine and activated the on board fire suppression equipment, which extinguished the fire. Postincident inspection revealed melted wiring, soot, and th e number four thrust reversers still in the deployed position. The captain told the NTSB iic that there were no cockpit indications of fire, nor any cockpit indications of the thrust reversers remaining deployed.
As the FAA filed it
(.19) ON JANUARY 19, 1999, AT 0326 ALASKA STANDARD TIME (AST), A BOEING 747-100 AIRPLANE, N481EV, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE NUMBER FOUR ENGINE WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. THE CREW OF THREE AND THE ONE JUMPSEAT PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., OF MCMINNVILLE, OREGON. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121 AS A SUPPLEMENTAL AIR CARRIER INTERNATIONAL CARGO FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED CHITOSE, JAPAN, AT 2159 AST, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. INTERVIEWS BY THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) AND FAA INSPECTORS WITH THE FLIGHT CREW AND AIRPORT GROUND PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT AFTER LANDING, GROUND PERSONNEL OBSERVED FLAMES COMING FROM THE NUMBER FOUR ENGINE AND NOTIFIED THE AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER. CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THE COCKPIT CREW. THE CREW THEN SHUT DOWN THE NUMBER FOUR ENGINE AND ACTIVATED THE ON BOARD FIRE SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT, WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POSTINCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED MELTED WIRING, SOOT, AND TH E NUMBER FOUR THRUST REVERSERS STILL IN THE DEPLOYED POSITION. THE CAPTAIN TOLD THE NTSB IIC THAT THERE WERE NO COCKPIT INDICATIONS OF FIRE, NOR ANY COCKPIT INDICATIONS OF THE THRUST REVERSERS REMAINING DEPLOYED.
NTSB investigation
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